Storms produce scattered damage in Nashville area

Wednesday’s storms produced scattered reports of hail and straight-line winds that resulted in trees being blown down, according to the Nashville Weather Service.

Nashville International Airport recorded 1.61 inches of rainfall, with reports of 2- to 3-inch bands in other locations, meteorologist John Cohen said.

Fifty mph winds resulted in a tree being blown down at a Donelson day care. There were several other reports of trees toppled in Wilson, White and Putnam counties.

Temperatures are forecast to be below normal going into the latter part of the week, with a high forecast today in the lower 60s and the overnight low in the mid-40s. The normal high is 77 degrees, and the normal low is 55.